The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[DewDiligence]

World economics report by the US National Intelligence Council states the obvious:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/world/china-to-be-no-1-economy-before-2030-study-says.html

One remarkable development it anticipates is a spreading affluence that leads to a larger global middle class that is better educated and has wider access to health care and communications technologies like the Internet and smartphones. “The growth of the global middle class constitutes a tectonic shift,” the study says, adding that billions of people will gain new individual power as they climb out of poverty.

“For the first time, a majority of the world’s population will not be impoverished, and the middle classes will be the most important social and economic sector in the vast majority of countries around the world.”

No kidding—that’s the premise for this message board.